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'Stivens's story is set in Mygarlie, a small town in the central west of New South Wales. The energy and immediacy of his narrative drives a violent domestic drama to its shocking climax. Every event, every defining detail, is reported by one or other of its small cast of characters. The publican, the farmer, the blustering businessman are familiar for their time and place, but the members of the family on which the entire action turns are all brilliantly realised in their unique, fractured and destructive lives. At the very heart of this small town tragedy is Jem, the ten-year-old boy who is both an observer and a victim of the novel's action.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Epigraph:
"It is always difficult if you keep on developing and doing something different."
Del Stivens, quoted in Michael Wilding, 'Writer Spun Classic Yarns,' The Australian, 20 June 1997, p. 14
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Small Town in the Depression
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 57 no. 5 2013; (p. 108-109)
— Review of Well Anyway 2012 single work novel -
Lost Gem From Writer Who Outshone White
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 April 2013; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Well Anyway 2012 single work novel
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Lost Gem From Writer Who Outshone White
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 April 2013; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Well Anyway 2012 single work novel -
A Small Town in the Depression
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 57 no. 5 2013; (p. 108-109)
— Review of Well Anyway 2012 single work novel
Last amended 17 Apr 2014 12:37:04
Subjects:
- Central West NSW, New South Wales,
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